Indian Defence Update Blog

Amid reports of the Indian Air Force (IAF) seeking an immediate purchase of air-to-air missiles to counter Pakistan’s alleged build-up of F-16 fighters, analysts have started predicting bright chances for Vympel, a Russian missile...

India has carried out air raids on rebel camps inside Pakistan weeks after a suicide attack in the disputed Kashmir region, raising fears of a war between the nuclear-armed South Asian nations. At least...

The Indian Air Force has finished and successfully deployed a security web all along the Western Border with Pakistan in a bid to strengthen its preparedness to strike down any aerial threat from Pakistan....

A reported Indian threat to hit at least six targets with missiles and Pakistani vow to retaliate with “three times” the force set off alarm bells in western capitals triggering their intervention to prevent...

India on Wednesday signalled that it will boycott China’s second Belt and Road Forum for a second time, saying no country can participate in an initiative that ignores its core concerns on sovereignty and...

Indian Air Force fighter bases are facing serious issues related to shortage of hangars and blast pens for the soon-to-arrive Rafale and Sukhoi fighter jets. Fund crunch in the Defence Ministry has almost brought...

The Indian Air Force is all set to induct four Chinook strategic heavy-lift helicopters into its fleet on March 25. Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is expected to preside over the event at Chandigarh. The...

MLA Jitendra Awhad in his speech said that late Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, also the former Defence Minister of India was the “first victim” of the Rafale fighter jet deal. In retrospect, India...

Almost two weeks after the IAF air strike on Balakot training camps of Jaish-e-Mohammad, Pakistan has decided to increase the deployment of a new squadron of F-16 fighter plane across the border areas with...

The Air Force has asked the government to urgently purchase fresh ammunition for its fighters amid continuing tensions after Pakistan brought all its F16s upfront on the Indian border and moved terror camps out...

India is developing its maiden deep-sea port in Indonesia’s Sabang close to Andaman and Nicobar Islands making its maiden foray in the southeast Asian amid China’s slew of connectivity plans for ASEAN under BRI....

Five Mirage 2000 fighter jets of the Indian Air Force (IAF) dropped as many Spice 2000 precision-guided bunker-busting bombs when India struck camps of the terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) in Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on 26...